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Vast is developing a commercial space station designed with artificial gravity to support long-duration human habitation in orbit.
ACTIVEVast, founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb and headquartered in Long Beach, California, is developing commercial space stations, starting with the single-module Haven-1, now planned to launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2027. Its long-term goal is artificial-gravity space stations.
Vast, founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb and headquartered in Long Beach, California, is developing commercial space stations, starting with the single-module Haven-1, now planned to launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2027. Its long-term goal is artificial-gravity space stations.
Rank 17 of 94 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 9 and 31.
4 of 8 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 81% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Capital raised (24 months)
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Hiring
186 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSION 6, VAST-PAM-1 MISSION SPECIFIC ORDER (MSO).
NASA · $1M · Feb 12, 2026
Latest funding round
Debt Financing · $200M
Mar 5, 2026
Single-module commercial space station planned for LEO, targeting launch on SpaceX Falcon 9.
Proposed multi-module commercial LEO station to succeed the ISS, offered for NASA's Commercial LEO Destinations program: first module targeted for 2028, growing to nine modules in 2030-2032.
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1 dated public commitment by Vast, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
1 award, $1.4M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Feb 12, 2026 to Feb 12, 2026; most from NASA (1 award)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Feb 12, 2026
Latest space award
$1.4M from NASA
PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSION 6, VAST-PAM-1 MISSION SPECIFIC ORDER (MSO).
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Feb 12, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
2 rounds, $500.0M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
186 open roles
30 days ago: 203 (Sep 20, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Oct 20, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
0 in orbit of 1 launched
Latest: Haven-Demo
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes LAUNV, VASTSP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 2, 2025
Satellites built
1 payload launched, 0 in orbit
Latest: Haven-Demo
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes LAUNV, VASTSP. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 2, 2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1 space award, $1.4M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Feb 12, 2026
Recorded as lead of Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Earthrise Ventures
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Vast: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/vast
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Vast: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/vast.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_vast_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Vast}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/vast}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/vast},
urldate = {2026-10-20},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-20; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Mitsui & Co.
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
MUFG
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Nikon
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026
Took part in Series A (Mar 5, 2026)
Vast (press release), Mar 5, 2026